Max Scherzer

You could probably make an argument that Daniel Murphy has been the Nationals' best player over the past two seasons. You could probably make an argument that Trent Williams has been the Redskins' best player in the same span. You could not really make the argument that Otto Porter is the Wizards' best player.

And yet here comes Porter, with a four-year, $106 million contract offer from the Brooklyn Nets that the Wizards are expected to match. That will, by average annual value, make Porter the second-highest paid athlete in Washington, behind only Max Scherzer. It will make his average annual compensation higher than those of Murphy and Williams, combined. And that's a little bit...

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You could probably make an argument that Daniel Murphy has been the Nationals' best player over the past two seasons. You could probably make an argument that Trent Williams has been the Redskins' best player in the same span. You could not really make...